Four men in the UK have been arrested over their alleged roles in the online marketplace Silk Road.

One of the suspects is in his 50s and from Devon while the others are in their early 20s and are from Manchester. They were detained by officers of the new National Crime Agency (NCA) shortly after the FBI arrested Ross Ulbricht – the suspected creator of Silk Road.

The NCA has warned that other people in the UK suspected of being “significant users” of Silk Road will be arrested over the coming weeks.

Keith Bristow, director general at the NCA, said: “These arrests send a clear message to criminals; the hidden Internet isn’t hidden and your anonymous activity isn’t anonymous. We know where you are, what you are doing and we will catch you.”

He went on to say criminals can’t completely erase their digital footprints, no matter how technology-savvy they are.

“They will always make mistakes and this brings law enforcement closer to them. These latest arrests are just the start; there are many more to come,” Bristow added.

Andy Archibald, head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit, said the NCA is committed to tackling the ‘dark’ or ‘deep’ web and those who exploit it. He added:

It is not clear how much data the NCA possesses – for example whether it can see exactly which products each of the suspects purchased from the site.

While illegal drugs are reported to have made up 70% of the items sold on Silk Road, some other seemingly innocent items have also been up for sale on the site, including digital goods, jewellery and home and garden supplies. However, it seems unlikely the NCA will accept any claims from the suspects that their frequent visits to the site were merely to buy these innocuous goods.

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hi guys dose anyone have information on the delays with the bitfury devices ?

With The Difficulty Increasing and rewards dwindling dose it makes sense to spend Big Money on expensive miners when they will barely make there ROI, just buying the coins from an exchange makes more sense?

£5000 / £10,000 as an investment i would buy the coins.

For Company's who make Mining technology there costs are instantly high , company rates , employment costs, energy costs,Taxes ect ect ect, there products devalue faster than a Ferrari driven off the forecourt !!! already Ive seen many BFL jalapenos barely get the asking price and the 30G 60G getting cheaper and cheaper with 60Ghash becoming the basic entry level to mining. 

SO what happens when these company's close down and we don't have any more new mining boxes to pre order or purchase? the KNC miners are burning out BFL power Supplys are Burning out and a host of other issue with the other tech i keep reading about, because of greedy people rushing this tech out the door. I know electrical equipment is prone to issues but with such low Volumes having 50 units fail is a larger % compared with a GFX Producer who makes millions of Units having had there RnD spend years tweaking the product with Millions of $ spent on quality control. 


Im starting to see the downfall of the tech because of the price nothing else!



End Of Big Miners..........You Tell Me ?   

7 hours left on ebay , this isnt mine i did bid on it but cant now buy it for other reasons so no bid and at £300 heres the item number if your in the UK and interested 171134924185

Hi all im a newbie to this mining and so far i got 2 usb 333 sticks and my gpu hashing away total around 870Mhash, ive been on slushes pool for a about 4 weeks and have seen the pool hash rate basically double! i had my first 15h block last night longest before was 6 hours , with all the new very heavy hashing tech coming out in the next few months what do you all think will happen ?

I support bitcoin because i dislike the current economic fiat based slave paper i call sterling GBP

Peace